Automotive OEM Business Analyst I - Automotive DMS required

Summary:
We're looking for a Business Analyst to join our OEM team and help shape how Tekion delivers data and insights across the business.
This is a hands-on role for someone who loves working with data, gets excited about the auto industry, and wants real ownership early in their career. You'll partner with Product, Data Engineering, Analytics, and business stakeholders to turn questions into answers — defining the metrics, building the logic, validating the data, and shaping the analytical frameworks that help our teams, OEM partners, and dealers make smarter decisions.
If you're someone who likes to dig in, figure things out, and grow alongside the work, you'll fit right in.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• **Strong automotive experience required
Analysis & ExecutionSupport analytical workstreams across a range of data and analytics initiatives

Turn business questions into clear data requirements, KPI definitions, and reporting logic

Document the business rules, metric definitions, and assumptions behind our analytics

Help build and maintain foundational analytical assets — hierarchies, segmentation frameworks, benchmarking dimensions, and business reference data

Investigate discrepancies, spot data gaps, and help build trust in our core metrics

Working Across Teams
Partner closely with Product, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to move work from idea to execution

Bring structure to ambiguous problems with support from senior team members

Create analyses, requirement docs, and summaries used by cross-functional teams and leadership

Help shape repeatable processes that make analytics easier and more consistent over time

Market & Benchmarking
Help maintain competitive and market benchmarking materials

Refresh benchmarking to reflect shifts in market capabilities and competitor moves

Help make sure market context is feeding into planning and prioritization

Qualifications:

What We're Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, or a closely related field required

4+ years in business analysis, analytics, strategy, product analytics, or a similar role

Strong automotive industry knowledge — you understand OEM and dealer dynamics, dealership operations, vehicle and sales data, or related automotive domains

Solid SQL skills and experience working across multiple data sources

A knack for turning fuzzy business problems into clear requirements and real deliverables

Experience defining and documenting KPIs and business rules

Sharp problem-solving skills, great attention to detail, and a bias toward action

Strong communicator — you can explain the logic and the takeaway to both technical and business audiences

Comfort in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities

Bonus Points For
Hands-on experience with automotive data sources (DMS, CRM, OEM reporting, or third-party automotive datasets)

Background in retail technology, SaaS, or mobility-adjacent industries

Familiarity with BI tools like ThoughtSpot, Spotter, or Tableau

Experience supporting enterprise data products or analytics platforms

Experience maintaining competitive benchmarking or product comparison frameworks

Perks & Benefits:
Competitive compensation and generous stock options

100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental and vision coverage

Great benefits including unlimited PTO, parental leave and free snacks and beverages

The opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies

Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper

Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up

A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration

The open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy

Exciting opportunities for career growth and development

Current Tekion Employees – Please apply via Greenhouse Internal Job Board